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Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree? - It's a good idea for a couple who intend to get married to live together first.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
18 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Switzerland87.1%
2 Norway77.7%
3 Slovenia76.5%
4 Austria75.6%
5 Germany70.4%
6 Czech Republic70.2%
7 Israel63.4%
8 United States59.1%
9 Netherlands57.1%
10 Spain56.8%
11 Canada51.0%
12 Ireland50.9%
13 Hungary50.6%
14 Italy48.5%
15 Australia47.8%
16 New Zealand46.2%
17 Poland44.1%
18 Japan 22.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 20 countries.

Source
ISSP 1994

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 1.801412 X +5.832
Correlation coefficient (r)0.593
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.352

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 52671.728724 X +20560.345
Correlation coefficient (r)0.336
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.113

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = -0.500274 X +81.355
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.031
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 0.394695 X +1.340
Correlation coefficient (r)0.172
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.030

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data18
Regression equation
Y = 4.138672 X +9.844
Correlation coefficient (r)0.179
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.032